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Heracles Almelo v FC Utrecht : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Erve Asito, Almelo

Friday evening at the Erve Asito, and it’s a Eredivisie clash between Heracles Almelo and FC Utrecht. Erwin van de Looi and Ron Jans will be doing all they can to guide their side to the win. Our predictions for each betting market are based on the past 20 games each side has played (home, away and overall) with extra weighting applied to top teams. All the stats and graphics are designed specifically for the betting market in question. Head-to-head stats for this fixture are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided straight from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Heracles Almelo's next match is v Groningen at 19:00 on Tuesday 28th January
FC Utrecht's next match is v PEC Zwolle at 17:45 on Saturday 1st February
The last Dutch Eredivisie meeting between Heracles and Utrecht was on Friday 24th January 2025
Dutch Eredivisie
January 24th 2025
Heracles 1
1 Utrecht
 
T. Bruns 58'90' S. Elkarouani
 
HER
FCU
Shots On
3
7
Shots Off
4
6
Corners
4
10
Possession
42%
58%
Fouls
13
8
Yellow/red cards
5/0
2/0
 
HeraclesUtrecht
 
F. de Keijzer
I. Mesík
M. Rots
D. Mirani
J. Wieckhoff
J. Žambůrek (J. Hoogma 84')
S. Scheperman
T. Brunsfootball icon (D. van Kaam 80')
J. Hornkamp (J. Talvitie 73')
M. Engels
S. Podgoreanu (B. Limbombe 80')
V. Barkas
M. van der Hoorn
football iconS. Elkarouani
(A. Engwanda 82') S. Horemans
(D. Min 82') N. Viergever
(O. Fraulo 67') Z. Iqbal
(V. Jensen 67') J. Toornstra
P. Aaronson
(A. Blake 67') M. Jonathans
Y. Cathline
S. Haller

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We are making over 1.5 goals our top tip on this fixture, meaning that the teams will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during 90 mins. Both Heracles and Utrecht's recent form stats suggest goals are to be expected, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.22.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 51% chance of Utrecht coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Heracles
27%
16/516/5
Draw
23%
14/5
1%
11/4
1%
Utrecht
51%
4/55/6
2%
Draw 1-1
11%
6/111/2
Utrecht 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Utrecht 1-0
8%
15/2
6%
13/2
7%
Utrecht 2-0
8%
17/2
6%
15/2
6%
Heracles 2-1
7%
12/111/1
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1
13%
11/1
Utrecht 3-1
6%
12/110/1
8%
Heracles 1-0
6%
12/110/1
Utrecht 3-0
5%
14/112/1
8%
Draw 0-0
5%
12/1
8%
9/1
Utrecht 3-2
4%
22/116/1
11%
Heracles 2-0
4%
22/1
10%
16/1
Heracles 3-1
3%
33/122/1
Utrecht 4-1
3%
25/1
10%
18/1
10%
Heracles 3-2
3%
33/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
8/11
4%
7/10
3%
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
43/40
4%
21/20
5%
Home 1st Goal
45%
6/4
5%
-
Away 1st Goal
53%
8/15-
No 1st Goal
3%
12/1
8%
-
BTTS - Yes
60%
7/104/6
5%
BTTS - No
40%
21/2011/10
5%
BTTS - Home Win
15%
13/211/2
7%
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/47/2
2%
BTTS - Away Win
27%
5/2
3%
23/10
6%
Home/draw
49%
19/2019/20
Away/draw
74%
2/92/9
Home/away
77%
1/41/4
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
2/92/9
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
3/114/5
6%
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
7/4
8%
17/10
6%
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
2/5
3%
2/5
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
9/219/5
9%
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
1/72/13
2%
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
10/1
15%
8/1
10%
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/20
1%
1/20
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/251/25
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/1
8%
9/1
Home DNB
43%
9/42/1
Away DNB
67%
1/37/20
Heracles win to nil
12%
7/1-
Utrecht win to nil
24%
12/5
5%
-
Heracles / Heracles
13%
6/111/2
Heracles / Utrecht
4%
20/116/1
Heracles / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Heracles
10%
8/115/2
Draw / Utrecht
17%
15/47/2
2%
Draw / Draw
14%
5/117/4
Utrecht / Heracles
3%
33/125/1
Utrecht / Utrecht
27%
15/89/5
2%
Utrecht / Draw
6%
12/111/1
8%
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Heracles have played 18 matches so far this season and are in 14th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 2 and won 3. Heracles have conceded 31 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Heracles have played 9 games at home, winning 2, drawing 5 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Utrecht lay in 3rd place on 40 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 19 matches. Utrecht are unbeaten away after 9 games and have kept 1 clean sheet in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 32 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Utrecht have conceded 22 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Utrecht have played 9 away games, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored an average of 2.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Heracles
Utrecht
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV1915134446 
l
 
1-3F
May 14
l
 
2-5A
Feb 15
2
Ajax1914322445 
l
 
3-4F
Feb 16
-
d
 
2-2F
3
Utrecht Away201253741 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
-
-
4
Feyenoord1910631836 
May 3
l
 
5-2A
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2F
5
Twente1910451434 
Mar 30
l
 
5-0A
w
 
2-1A
May 11
6
AZ Alkmaar1910451434 
Apr 13
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2A
7
GA Eagles19946731 
Feb 8
l
 
4-1F
d
 
3-3A
Apr 6
8
Fortuna19748-625 
d
 
2-2F
Mar 8
l
 
2-5F
May 18
9
NAC198110-925 
w
 
2-0F
Jan 31
Mar 1
w
 
1-2A
10
Heerenveen19739-1424 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 15
Mar 30
d
 
1-1F
11
NEC197210323 
May 18
w
 
1-2F
Mar 15
w
 
1-2F
12
Willem II19658-223 
d
 
1-1F
May 9
w
 
3-2F
Mar 9
13
PEC Zwolle19559-920 
Mar 2
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
Feb 1
14
Heracles Home19478-1319 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
15
Groningen18459-1317 
Jan 28
Apr 23
Apr 13
w
 
0-1F
16
S.Rotterdam19289-1214 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
May 14
w
 
1-4F
17
Almere City192413-2910 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
Feb 9
w
 
1-3F
18
Waalwijk191513-248 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 6
w
 
3-2A
Apr 25
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Heracles 14TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Heracles1 - 1S.Rotterdam
Heracles2 - 2Fortuna
Heracles2 - 2Waalwijk
Heracles2 - 0NAC
Heracles3 - 4Ajax
Heracles2 - 1Heerenveen
Heracles0 - 0Almere City
Heracles1 - 1Willem II
Heracles1 - 3PSV
Heracles0 - 0Fortuna
Heracles0 - 5Waalwijk
Heracles0 - 2Heerenveen
Heracles5 - 0AZ Alkmaar
Heracles2 - 0GA Eagles
Heracles2 - 2Almere City
Heracles3 - 2Vitesse
Heracles2 - 4Ajax
Heracles1 - 1FC Volendam
Heracles0 - 4Feyenoord
Heracles0 - 1S.Rotterdam
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AHeracles2 - 0Almere City
HHeracles1 - 1S.Rotterdam
AHeracles2 - 5Feyenoord
HHeracles2 - 2Fortuna
AHeracles0 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HHeracles2 - 2Waalwijk
AHeracles0 - 1Utrecht
HHeracles2 - 0NAC
AHeracles0 - 5Twente
HHeracles3 - 4Ajax
AHeracles1 - 4GA Eagles
HHeracles2 - 1Heerenveen
AHeracles2 - 1NEC
HHeracles0 - 0Almere City
AHeracles0 - 3PEC Zwolle
HHeracles1 - 1Willem II
HHeracles1 - 3PSV
AHeracles0 - 0S.Rotterdam
HHeracles0 - 0Fortuna
AHeracles0 - 4Excelsior
Utrecht 3RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
11
Draw
7
L
2
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Feyenoord1 - 2Utrecht
Almere City1 - 3Utrecht
Ajax2 - 2Utrecht
NEC1 - 2Utrecht
S.Rotterdam1 - 4Utrecht
Groningen0 - 1Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar1 - 2Utrecht
NAC1 - 2Utrecht
Heerenveen1 - 1Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar3 - 3Utrecht
Waalwijk2 - 2Utrecht
Heerenveen2 - 3Utrecht
Feyenoord4 - 2Utrecht
Almere City1 - 1Utrecht
Ajax2 - 0Utrecht
Twente0 - 1Utrecht
Excelsior1 - 1Utrecht
Vitesse0 - 0Utrecht
GA Eagles0 - 2Utrecht
S.Rotterdam1 - 2Utrecht
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
Draw
5
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HUtrecht0 - 0AZ Alkmaar
AUtrecht2 - 1Feyenoord
HUtrecht2 - 5Fortuna
HUtrecht3 - 3GA Eagles
AUtrecht3 - 1Almere City
AUtrecht2 - 2Ajax
HUtrecht2 - 5PSV
AUtrecht2 - 1NEC
HUtrecht1 - 0Heracles
AUtrecht4 - 1S.Rotterdam
HUtrecht0 - 2Feyenoord
AUtrecht1 - 0Groningen
HUtrecht3 - 2Waalwijk
AUtrecht2 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HUtrecht3 - 2Willem II
HUtrecht2 - 1Twente
AUtrecht2 - 1NAC
AUtrecht1 - 1Heerenveen
HUtrecht1 - 0PEC Zwolle
HUtrecht1 - 1GA Eagles
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Utrecht have beaten Heracles in 3 consecutive league meetings
League games at Heracles since 2016
Heracles
Utrecht
Goals: Scored
14
19
Games: Scored
9 / 10
9 / 10
Clean sheets
1 / 10
1 / 10
HER
3
D
3
FCU
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Heracles
1 - 3Utrecht
Heracles1 - 0
Heracles4 - 1
1 - 3Utrecht
0 - 2Utrecht
1 - 5Utrecht
Draw2 - 2Draw
Heracles2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Utrecht since 2015
Utrecht
Heracles
Goals: Scored
18
6
Games: Scored
9 / 10
4 / 10
Clean sheets
6 / 10
1 / 10
HER
1
D
1
FCU
8
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Utrecht
Utrecht1 - 0
Utrecht1 - 0
Utrecht1 - 0
Utrecht2 - 0
Utrecht3 - 0
Utrecht3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Utrecht2 - 0
0 - 2Heracles
Utrecht4 - 2
Goal Statistics
Heracles 14th Utrecht 3rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
9%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Heracles will score no more than 1 goal
0
16%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that Utrecht will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-4
Heracles’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+34
Utrecht have scored 34% more goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
1.8
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Heracles
PG (predicted goals)
Utrecht
1.3
1.8
Attack rating
HER
FCU
31%
better
view stats
Games scored12
17
Failed to score6
2
Scored first10
11
Goals scored21
36
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.9
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal7
5
Conversion rate for14
20
Avg. XG for1.1
1.6
KickOff rating
+31%
Defence rating
HER
FCU
2%
better
view stats
Games conceded14
15
Clean sheets4
4
Conceded first6
7
Goals conceded34
29
Avg. goals conceded1.9
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded12
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
16%
Avg. XG against2.1
1.4
KickOff rating
+2%

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Heracles Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20335
F KeijzerM EngelsM EngelsS Scheperman
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Keijzer GLK201
1
-
J Wieckhoff DEF71
1
-
D Mirani DEF201
2
-
I Mesík DEF20
3
-
M Rots DEF21
-
J Žambůrek MID91
1
-
S Scheperman MID12
5
-
S Podgoreanu MID181
2
-
T Bruns MID911
1
-
M Engels MID2033
2
-
J Hornkamp FWD1521
3
-
Subs
T Jansink GLK
-
R Mantel GLK
-
M Benita DEF181
1
-
K Leerdam DEF
-
J Hoogma DEF62
-
L Milani DEF7
2
-
J Bruijn MID8
-
S. ’t Zand MID161
1
-
D Kaam MID161
2
-
B Limbombe FWD7
-
D. van Oorschot FWD
-
J. Talvitie FWD161
1
-
Utrecht Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20566
S KarouaniP AaronsonS KarouaniP Aaronson
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
V Barkas GLK18
1
-
S Horemans DEF1811
-
M Hoorn  DEF2021
5
-
N Viergever  DEF192
1
S Karouani DEF2016
3
-
Z Iqbal MID101
1
-
P Aaronson MID1952
6
-
M Jonathans MID3
-
J Toornstra MID1913
-
Y Cathline MID1743
1
-
S Haller  FWD3
-
Subs
M Brouwer GLK2
-
T. de Graaff GLK
-
K Finnsson DEF2
-
M Didden  DEF7
-
O Fraulo MID131
1
-
V Jensen MID192
1
-
A. Engwanda MID8
-
S. Andersen MID1
-
D Min FWD172
1
-
A Blake FWD621
-
A Descotte FWD61
-